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The man with the golden arm Corinth Films ; Otto Preminger presents ; a Carlyle Productions production] ; screenplay by Walter Newman and Lewis Meltzer ; produced and directed by Otto Preminger
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drug addicts--Drama--Rehabilitation.
- Drug addicts.
- Drummers (Musicians)--Drama.
- Drummers (Musicians).
- Ex-convicts--Drama.
- Ex-convicts.
- Heroin abuse--Drama.
- Heroin abuse.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Film adaptations
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (119 min., 4 sec.)) sound, black and white
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] Grasshopper Film [2024?]
- Language Note:
- In English
- System Details:
- sound
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer, small-time con man Schwiefka (Robert Strauss), and Frankie's old drug dealer, Louis (Darren McGavin), re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits
- Participant:
- Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang, Darren McGavin, Robert Strauss, John Conte, Doro Merande, George E. Stone, George Mathews, Leonid Kinskey, Emile Meyer
- Credits:
- Music, Elmer Bernstein ; editor, Louis R. Loeffler ; director of photography, Sam Leavitt
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Nelson Algren
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1955
- Description based on online resource; title and statement of responsibility from title screen and end credits (viewed 2024 October 30)
- OCLC:
- 1464815097
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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